List of dams and reservoirs in Brazil

Many of the dams and reservoirs in Brazil listed below are used primarily used to produce hydroelectric power. Other uses include flood control, irrigation and fisheries.

List

Name	State	Operational	Reservoir (km2)	Installed capacity (MW)	Notes
Água Vermelha Dam	Minas Gerais São Paulo	1978	647	1,396
Anta Dam (Simplício)	Rio de Janeiro Minas Gerais	2013	15	333
Balbina Dam	Amazonas	1989	2,360	250
Barra Grande Dam	Santa Catarina Rio Grande do Sul	2005	94	708
Belo Monte Dam	Pará	2019	440	11,233
Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Dam	Paraná	1980	167	1,676
Billings Dam	São Paulo	1935	127	-	Reservoir
Camará Dam	Paraíba	2002
Campos Novos Dam	Santa Catarina	2006		880
Capivara Dam	São Paulo Paraná	1978	515	619
Castanhão Dam	Ceará	2003	360		Reservoir
Chacorão Dam	Amazonas Pará		616	3,336	Planned
Cocorobó Dam	Bahia	1967	24	-	Reservoir
Colíder Dam	Mato Grosso	2015 (est.)	183	307
Dona Francisca Dam	Rio Grande do Sul	2001	21	250
Emborcação Dam	Minas Gerais	1983	703	1,192
Eng Sérgio Motta Dam	São Paulo	1999	2,250	1,540
Eng Souza Dias Dam	Mato Grosso do Sul	1968	330	1,551
Funil Dam	Rio de Janeiro São Paulo	1969
Furnas Dam	Minas Gerais	1963	1,473	1,216
Garabí Dam	Rio Grande do Sul		642	1,152	Planned
Guarapiranga	São Paulo	1906	27	-	Reservoir
Ilha Solteira Dam	São Paulo	1973	1,195	3,444
Irapé Dam	Minas Gerais	2006	137	360
Itá Dam	Santa Catarina Rio Grande do Sul	2000	141	1,450
Itaipu Dam	Paraná	1984	1,350	14,000
Itumbiara Dam	Goiás	1980	778	2,082
Itupararanga Dam	São Paulo	1914	936	55
Jaguara Dam	Minas Gerais São Paulo	1971		424
Jatobá Dam	Pará		646	2,338	Planned
Jirau Dam	Rondônia	2013	258	3,075	Under construction
José Richa Dam	Paraná	1999	180	1,240
Luiz Barreto Dam	São Paulo	1969	47	1,050
Luiz Gonzaga Dam	Pernambuco	1988	830	1,479
Machadinho Dam	Santa Catarina Rio Grande do Sul	2002	79	1,140
Manso Dam	Mato Grosso	1999	427	212
Marimbondo Dam	Minas Gerais	1975	438	1,440
Marmelos Zero Power Plant	Minas Gerais	1889	-	0.25	Decommissioned in 1896
Mauá Dam	Paraná	2012	84	361
Ney Braga de Barros Dam	Paraná	1992		1,260
Nova Avanhandava Dam	São Paulo	1982	210	347
Oiticica Dam	Rio Grande do Norte			-	Reservoir; under construction
Orós Dam	Ceará	1961		-	Reservoir
Panambí Dam	Rio Grande do Sul		327	1,048	Planned
Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex	Bahia	1979	1,600	4,279
Peixotos Dam	Minas Gerais	1968	250	476
Salto Osório Dam	Paraná	1975	51	1,078
Salto Santiago Dam	Paraná	1980	208	2,137
Samuel Hydroelectric Dam	Rondônia	1989	560	216
Santo Antônio Dam	Rondônia	2012	271	2,498
São Simão Dam	Goiás Minas Gerais	1978	703	1,710
Serra da Mesa Dam	Goiás	1998	1,784	1,275
Sobradinho Dam	Bahia	1979	4,220	1,050
Teles Pires Dam	Mato Grosso Pará	2016	151	1,820
Três Irmãos Dam	São Paulo	1991	785	807
Três Marias Dam	Minas Gerais	1961	1,040	387
Tucuruí Dam	Pará	1984	2,850	8,370
Volta Grande Dam	Minas Gerais São Paulo	1974		380
Xingó Dam	Alagoas Sergipe	1994	60	3,162

See also

• List of power stations in Brazil
• List of hydroelectric power stations in Brazil